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F1000 Research deal ‘strengthens Taylor & Francis’ capabilities’
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has announced the addition of open research publisher F1000 Research. The addition is being described as a
further step in strengthening Taylor & Francis’ capabilities in open access and open research, and extending its range of publishing services. Annie Callanan, chief executive of Taylor
& Francis, said: ‘The addition of F1000 Research significantly strengthens and extends our capabilities in open research and broader publishing services. It brings with it a strong culture of innovation and challenging the status quo. This will be invaluable as we evolve to meet the research needs of the 21st century.’ In 2013 F1000 Research launched the
world’s first open research publishing platform. It also provides fully managed, open research publishing services directly to funders and institutions, including Wellcome, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Health Research Board Ireland. Taylor & Francis says it will provide ongoing support to enable F1000 Research to continue to develop its range of publishing services, supporting
continued innovation in scholarly communication and accelerating impact across the whole ecosystem. Rebecca Lawrence, managing director at F1000 Research, said: ‘Having the expertise and support of a large, historic and established publisher will strengthen our ability to innovate in scholarly communications. We will be super- charged with the resources not only to maintain our philosophy and collaborative partnership approach, but to grow, flourish and continue to innovate in support of our shared commitments to customers on speed, transparency, quality and impact.’ The organisations say the move opens up opportunities to connect the humanities and science communities who currently partner with Routledge and Taylor & Francis to F1000 Research’s services. While continuing to operate independently, F1000 Research will become a component of Taylor & Francis’s range of open research services and Plan S-compliant platforms. Vitek Tracz, founder of F1000 Research,
said: ‘The default way for researchers to share their findings, the research journal, is evolving. F1000 Research proposed
Annie Callanan
an efficient, transparent mechanism to respond to the rapidly growing range of needs and opportunities in the way information is shared. The task now needs input and support from a more established partner and I am happy that in the leadership of Taylor & Francis and Informa, we have found a team who understands and is committed to continuing this evolution.’ F1000Prime and F1000Workspace are not included in this transaction and will continue under the ownership of Vitek Tracz..
Elsevier Netherlands agreement ‘major breakthrough for open science’ A group of research
institutions in the Netherlands has reached an agreement with Elsevier that is being hailed as a ‘major breakthrough for open science’. The Association of
Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centres (NFU), The Dutch Research Council (NWO) agreed a framework that provides Dutch researchers with full reading access to all Elsevier journals, and allows unlimited open access (OA) publishing in the journals. In addition, a range of pilots will be undertaken to develop tools and services in support of open science and research intelligence. NWO President Stan Gielen
said: ‘This agreement is in accordance with Plan S and is a huge step towards 100 per cent OA and therefore a major breakthrough for open science in the Netherlands. ‘Overall, it means that
Dutch research institutions and Elsevier will embark on a new and innovative approach to scientific research, making it more transparent, collaborative, efficient, and in support of social issues and questions.’ VSNU’s chief negotiator Tim
van der Hagen added: ‘This is the beginning of a new way of working for science. We will be in the driving seat of what’s important in the future and the applicable rules of engagement and services needed in this context. ’The framework agreement has
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a transition period from 1 January through 1 May. VSNU, NFU, NWO and
Elsevier have acknowledged that the development of these new services has been a cause for some concerns. To address this, an initial set of principles have been agreed by the partner organisations: • Interoperable: no vendor lock in. Researchers and institutions can also use their own tools;
• Future-proof: system should be flexible to different setups and agreements;
• Vendor/publisher neutral: system development is not limited to any specific vendor; and
• Researchers and/or institutions own their own research data (not Elsevier). In the coming months,
a working group will further define the rules of engagement and the governance structure will be worked out. The parties agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide continued and expanded access to the services of the agreement. If the parties reach a final agreement, the contract will be made publicly available and registered on the ESAC- registry.
Gino Ussi, executive vice
president at Elsevier, said: ‘This MoU marks an important step towards achieving Dutch research and open science ambitions, and further solidifying the Netherlands’ standing as an innovative leader in the international research community.’
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